US8295942B2 - Method and apparatus for reducing excess adipose tissue - Google Patents

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US8295942B2
US8295942B2 US12/444,518 US44451807A US8295942B2 US 8295942 B2 US8295942 B2 US 8295942B2 US 44451807 A US44451807 A US 44451807A US 8295942 B2 US8295942 B2 US 8295942B2
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    • A61H2201/10—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
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  • the invention relates to a process and a device for the reduction of adipose overloads.
  • the document FR 2 855 415 describes an electrical device for the reduction of adipose overloads comprising insulating straps in which a conductor is arranged in successive strands that are essentially parallel to one another, whereby a low-voltage, low-frequency alternating current passes through the conductor.
  • the electromagnetic field that is created by the alternating current has a lipolytic and calorigenic action.
  • One of the purposes of the invention is to propose a device for the reduction of adipose overloads that combines a purely physical, non-traumatizing, non-invasive, but effective complementary action with the action of the electromagnetic field.
  • the invention has as its object a process for the reduction of adipose overloads, characterized in that the adipose zones of the body are simultaneously subjected to lipolysis, by the action of a low-frequency electromagnetic wave-generating device, and to an extraction, outside of the adipose cells, of fatty acids that are released by lipolysis, and to their draining off toward the vascular and lymphatic system, by the action of a pressure-therapy device.
  • the electromagnetic waves have a frequency that is less than 100 Hz, and the pressure-therapy device has a double pressure gradient.
  • the invention also has as its object a device for the implementation of the above-cited process, characterized in that it comprises:
  • FIG. 1 shows various structures noted throughout the specification.
  • the device for the reduction of the adipose overloads essentially consists of the combination of an electrical subassembly and a mechanical subassembly.
  • the electrical subassembly comprises an electromagnetic wave generator of low frequency, less than 100 Hz, for example 50 Hz, and insulating straps that are designed to envelope the adipose zones of the body at the arms, the abdomen, thighs, and calves. These straps are each equipped with a conductor that is folded into successive strands that are arranged alternately in one direction and then in the other. The conductor is incorporated into a thermostable insulating tissue, covered by a fireproof plastic protection.
  • the conductors are supplied by the generator, under low voltage, 40 V for example, and under low frequency, 50 Hz for example.
  • the passage of the current into the conductors creates an electrostatic field on the surface of the straps and an electromagnetic field that stimulate the biological mechanisms of lipolysis, thus ensuring a selective reduction of the fat-body mass.
  • the mechanical subassembly is a pressure-therapy device with a double pressure gradient. It consists of two boots and an abdominal belt. Each of the boots comprises, for example, 10 inflatable compartments, and the belt, comprising, for example, 3 inflatable compartments, is connected to the boots.
  • the pressure-therapy subassembly is superimposed on the straps of the electrical subassembly.
  • the double pressure gradient corresponds, on the one hand, to the gradual reduction of pressure between the first inflatable compartment, at the level of the base, and the last inflatable compartment, at the top of the boots, and, on the other hand, to the gradual increase of the pressure in each inflatable compartment as the inflation cycles proceed.
  • This pressure gradient technique avoids the tourniquet effect that is produced by the pressure-therapy devices without a pressure gradient.
  • Lipolysis is a complex biological process. It is dependent upon two kinds of adipocytary membrane sensors:
  • the low-frequency electromagnetic waves (50 Hz) are able to stimulate specifically the beta-adrenergic receptors and thus to promote, biologically, the adipocytary lipolysis. These waves act in a non-invasive, inoffensive, and painless manner to ensure a tapering function.
  • the pressure-therapy technique with a double pressure gradient actually allows a good extraction, outside of the adipose cell, of fatty acids that are released by lipolysis, and a good evacuation of these fatty acids toward the vascular and lymphatic system.
  • This technique which performs a massage by compression and decompression, activates the blood and lymphatic circulation and promotes the draining off of fatty acids that have been released by lipolysis.

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